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CHARLES T. RASCHIOK, OF ST. IPAUL, MINNESOTA.

CHECK CUTTER.

Application filed February 10, 1921. Serial No. 443,819.

the severed section, on which the amount of the purchase is indicated.

My invention relates particularly to a check holder having a shearing device combined with thebody portion of the same for cutting notches in the edge of the checks'to indicate the amount oi the purchase and has for any object to provide a receptacle that may be used to hold the notched cuttings from the checks as the same are severed, to prevent them from being discharged over thetable or on the floor in the place where the checks are being used.

Another object of the invention is to construct the receptacle for holding the check cuttings so that the same may be readily attached to the check holder, permitting it to be used with or without said receptacle as desired.

A still further object is to form the re: ceptacle so that the cuttings may be quickly removed from the same by simply inverting the entire check holder.

In carrying out my invention I provide a receptaclepressed out of sheet metal formed with a number of ears which are adapted to lit into corresponding apertures in the body of the check holder to hold the same securely in place. This device is so positioned as to catch the cuttings from the shear portion of the invention below the cutting line of said shear and to provide an inclined surface on which the cuttings may slide out of the device through the opening formed for the shear member. In this construdtion the pocket will hold the cuttings when hanging vertical or extended out at right angles to the perpendicular but willpermit all of the cuttings to slide out as, soon as the holder is completely inverted.

The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detailed description thereof and are particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification i Fig. 1 is a side view of my invention shown as attached to the belt of the user.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the invention shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the check holder with the pad of checks removed.

Fig. i is a rear view of a portion of the check holder shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a sectional View similar to Fig.

2 showing the manner of emptying the device of the check cuttings.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 3 with the shear member partly removed showing the same features as brought out in Fig. 5.

The check holder for which this invention is best adapted is most clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The check holder is formed rectangular in shape with a. body portion 10 constructed of spring steel, having at one end an opening 11 adapted to be slipped over a hook 12 secured to a belt 13 used by the waitress or dispenser who carries the device hanging at her side where the same will always be handy for use. Adjacent the upper end of body 10 is formed a pair of lugs 14 and a bar 15 between which, portions of a check pad 16 may be inserted in securing the check pad to the device.

The checks are prevented from lateral movement on the holder by means of fins 17 and 18 turned up on the sides'of the body portion 10, which fins also stifien the entire holder. At 19 a portion of body 10 is sheared away from the same to form a tapering tongue 20, which has at its extreme end a triangular cutting edge 21 adapted to engage a corresponding triangular notch 22 which'is formed in a bent up portion 23 of body 10, positioned at the extreme end thereof. As will be noted in Fig. 1, the checks lie on the tongue 20 which is normally bent up and away from the body portion 10. When the device is to be used, pressure exerted on the check pad at its lower end causes the cutter 21 of tongue 20 to engage the cutting edge 22 and shear ofi the ticket placed between body portion 23 and said tongue. A

pair of stops 24 and 25 are also provided which gage the depth at which the cut on the check is to be made.

With other devices the cuttings from the checks are let fall either on the floor or on the tables of the customer. This disadvantage is eliminated in my invention as follows: A curved receptacle 26 is provided which is stamped out of sheet metal and has a lower pocket portion 27. The device is secured to the back of body 10 by means of two tongues 28 and 22 formed thereon which are normally bent outward as shown in Fig. 6 and which pass through and are hooked into apertures 30 and 31 formed in said body portion. Receptacle 26 completely houses the inclined portion 23 of body 10 and is formed at its lower end adjacent pocket 27 with similar tongues 32 and 33 normally extending out from recep tacle 26 at right angles to body portion 23. These tongues are adapted to pass through apertures 34 and 35 formed in body portion 23 and bent over so as to lie flush on the surface of said body portion thereby holding the receptacle firmly in place. In Fig. 3 it will be noted that apertures 3 tand 35 are positioned well towards the end of the bent holder so that tongues 32 and 33 do not interfere with the operation of the cutter 21 and also permit the receptacle to be constructed of ample proportion to hold the required number of cuttings deposited into it.

In Fig. 1 tongue 20 and the cutter 21 formed thereon are shown in their normal position prior to the insertion of a check under the cutter 21. In Fig. 2 the same parts are shown with a check 36 positioned on member 23, the cutter 21 having been brought into action to remove the required portion of said check. In the pocket por tion 27 of receptacle 26 are indicated a number of cuttings 37 showing the position these cuttings take after the same have been discharged through the cutting notch 22. The receptacle may be filled with cuttings until the operation of tongue 20 becomes difficult.

For removing the cuttings the rear surface 38 of receptacle 26 is formed gradually inclined to the surface of body portion 10 so that when the entire check holder is inverted, by being swung upward on the belt hook 12, as indicated in Fig. 5, the cuttings drop to the upper portion of the receptacle and slide on the surface 38 thereof through the opening 19 formed in body .10 and along the underside of tongue 20 into the open. In this manner the ticket holder is quickly and effectively emptied. To prevent any outtings from lodging on the surface 38 on either side of the opening 19 I form the receptacle 26 with tapered walls 39 which are gradually rounded off as they approach said opening 19, which is clearly indicated in Fig. 1-. Inasmuch as the holder is hung with the back thereof against the person of the user the entire holder can never be tilted backwards towards the user so that the cuttings within the pocket 27 be unintentionally discharged from the front of the holder through notch 22.

The advantages of my invention lie primarily in the fact that the cuttings from the checks which are otherwise discharged in and about the food being served the customers, are effectively held within the recep tacle attached to my check holder provided for that purpose. The simplicity of construction and of attachment to the body of the check; holder renders the device quite salable as the holders can be sold with or without the receptacle and the same readily applied to it without much trouble. The manner of forming the pocket and the inclined rear wall of the receptacle provide a receptacle of large capacity which may be quickly and effectively emptied thereby eliminating the time lost in detaching and manipulating other devices of the kind now in use.

In accordance with the patent statutes I have described the principles of operation of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the construction shown is only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set forth within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A check cutter having a body portion formed with a longitudinal slot, an inclined table formed on the end of said body having a cutting notch, a tongue on said body portion operating in said longitudinal slot and having a cutting edge adapted to engage said cutting notch, said tongue having a portion normally positioned away from said slot near the cutting edge of said tongue and a receptacle secured to the body and inclined table having an inclined wall extending across said slot adapted to dis charge the cuttings from said receptacle through said longitudinal slot when the device is inverted.

2. A check cutter having a body portion formed with a longitudinal slot, an inclined table formed on the end of said body having a cutting notch, a tongue on said body portion operating in said longitudinal slot having a cutting edge adapted to engage said cutting notch, said tongue having a portion normally positioned away from said slot near the cutting edge of said tongue and a receptacle secured to the body and inclined table with a portion extending across said longitudinal slot.

3. A check cutter comprising a body, having at one end an upturned portion formed with a cutting notch, a tongue mounted on said body provided at one end with a cutting edge adapted to engage said cutting notch and a receptacle positioned on said body, and upturned portion adapted to receive the cuttings discharged through said cutting notch.

' 4. A check cutter comprising a body portion having a slot, a cutting member at one end thereof andareceptacle attached to said body portion for receiving the cuttings from said cutter, said receptacle being formed with a pocket at its lower end and an inclined wall at its upper end communicating with said slot and adapted to dischargethe cuttings through said slot when the device is inverted.

5. A check cutter having a body portion, a cutter mounted at one end thereof, said body portion being formed with a number of apertures in proximity to said cutter and a receptacle formed with a number of tongues-adapted to engage said apertures to hold said receptacle in place on said body portion.

6. A check cutter including a body portion formed of sheet material, a cutter member formed integral with said body portion and extending from. one end thereof, said cutter including an inclined upwardly projecting side and a pocket adapted to fit over the inclined side of said cutter in a manner to form a pocket to receive cuttings from the cutter said pocket extending from the point of said cutter.

CHARLES T. RASCHICK. 

